Dance Alive Studios Inc. - Saskatoon

Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Juliette Perrey-Perez spent 19 years in Europe as a professional dancer, teacher, actress, singer, and choreographer, and danced in 17 professional musicals. She was trained in Classical Dance and Jazz, winning numerous awards as a student before pursuing a career as a professional dancer and teacher.

She started dancing with Lucia Pavlychenko in Saskatoon, then studied with Brian MacDonald at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. While in Manitoba, she taught dance before heading to New York, where she studied modern dance with some of the leading contemporary choreographers of the time. Juliette’s professional debut in musical theatre occurred in Winnipeg at the Rainbow Stage Summer Theatre and continued on to the Royal Alex Theatre in Toronto, Summer Stock in New York, and television in Montreal.

A tour to Europe as a soloist with Canadian national folk dance company Les Feux Follet led Juliette to a contract with the Nice Opera. With her marriage to Yves and the birth of their son David, she settled on the French Riviera performing in a number of national and international dance shows on stage and on television.

Returning to her teaching career, she specialized in Jazz dance at Le Centre de Danse International directed by Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France. Juliette spent nine years creating her own Jazz syllabus. Her next challenge was to open her own dance centre in Cagnes Sur Mer, France, with a staff of 11 teachers. The following five years brought success and expansion to her centre.

After 19 years in France, a family decision brought Juliette back to her home. In 1987 she opened a successful dance centre in Saskatoon – Juliette’s Dance Centre. An offer to guest teach at the University of California, San Diego, studying in Los Angeles was a great inspiration in affirming her goal of maintaining a high standard of education in dance for the province of Saskatchewan.

Juliette formed and directed Nu-West Dance Theatre, and directed the Humboldt School of Dance for 10 years. She was also the Director of Ballet at Annette’s School of Dance in North Battleford for 7 years and she was chosen as facilitator for the Alberta Ballet’s Nutcracker for 9 years. Juliette is also currently active with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in Saskatchewan both as a mentor and as a Practical Teaching Supervisor (PTS). The studio she created, Juliette’s Dance Centre, celebrated its 30th anniversary in June 2017, and closed its doors for good in June 2018. What she created left a lasting impact on everyone whose lives she touched, young and old, students, parents and teachers. The absence of JDC as a business and a building will leave a large but beautiful hole in the Saskatoon dance community for years to come.